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Káto Soúnion, Dimos Lavreotiki, Nomarchía Anatolikís Attikís, Attica, Greece

Alternative Names:	Kap Sounion, Kato Sounio, Kato Sounion, Káto Soúnion, Sounio, Sounion, Soúnion, Sunion, Sunium, Sunión, Κάτω Σούνιο, Κάτω Σούνιον, Σούνιο, Σούνιον, Сунион
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat Locality:	Sounion, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Mindat.org Region:	Sounion, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Region:	Dimos Lavreotiki, Nomarchía Anatolikís Attikís, Attica, Greece
Latitude:	37° 40' 5" N
Longitude:	24° 2' 24" E
Lat/Long (dec):	37.66806,24.04002
Köppen climate type:	Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Population:	127 (2014)
Mindat Feature ID:	260477
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:260477:0
GUID:	50ecb5cd-95f8-4582-9b13-83107156391a

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Passa Limani Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 36" N	24° 3' 6" E	1.4km (0.9 miles)
Mt Mavro Lithari, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 39' 56" N	24° 1' 11" E	1.8km (1.1 miles)
Marble quarry, Agrileza mines, Lophos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 45" N	24° 1' 30" E	1.8km (1.1 miles)
Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 59" N	24° 3' 0" E	1.9km (1.2 miles)
Sounion Sulfate Locality, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 3" N	24° 1' 0" E	2.0km (1.3 miles)
Sounion Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 39' 17" N	24° 1' 26" E	2.0km (1.3 miles)
Russia Mine (Pefka Mine; Pefko Mine), Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 0" N	24° 0' 58" E	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Sounion Mine No. 12, Apo Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 34" N	24° 1' 6" E	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Sounion Mine No. 19, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 10" N	24° 0' 56" E	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Sounion Mine No. 17, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 13" N	24° 0' 52" E	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Sounion Mine No. 18, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 9" N	24° 0' 51" E	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Barbara Mine, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 8" N	24° 0' 49" E	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Mine No. 6, Agrileza mines, Lophos, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 51" N	24° 1' 2" E	2.5km (1.5 miles)
Maria Mine, Agrileza mines, Lophos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 58" N	24° 1' 7" E	2.5km (1.5 miles)
Fernando Mine No. 1, Agrileza mines, Lophos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 13" N	24° 1' 24" E	2.6km (1.6 miles)
Panormos Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 54" N	24° 3' 55" E	2.7km (1.7 miles)
Punta Zeza slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 50" N	24° 4' 3" E	2.8km (1.7 miles)
Drogosis Mine, Soureza Mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 19" N	24° 1' 16" E	2.8km (1.8 miles)
Spitharopoussi dumps, Spitharopoussi mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 46" N	24° 0' 38" E	2.9km (1.8 miles)
Adit No. 12, Agia Marina mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 39' 32" N	24° 0' 14" E	3.3km (2.1 miles)
Vlachos Mine, Spitharopoussi mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 10" N	24° 0' 32" E	3.4km (2.1 miles)
Soureza Mine No. 7, Soureza Mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 37" N	24° 1' 7" E	3.4km (2.1 miles)
Spitharopoussi Mine No. 16, Spitharopoussi mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 31" N	24° 0' 47" E	3.6km (2.2 miles)
Soureza Mine No. 8, Soureza mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 42" N	24° 1' 5" E	3.6km (2.2 miles)
Spitharopoussi Mine No. 22, Spitharopoussi mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 43" N	24° 0' 53" E	3.8km (2.3 miles)
Legrena Mines, Charakas mines, Charakas, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 33" N	23° 59' 44" E	4.0km (2.5 miles)
Megala Pefka Mine No. 12, Megala Pefka Mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 50" N	24° 0' 45" E	4.1km (2.5 miles)
Megala Pefka Mine No. 28 ("Sigia Mine"), Megala Pefka Mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 58" N	24° 0' 36" E	4.4km (2.7 miles)
Megala Pefka slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 26" N	23° 59' 56" E	4.4km (2.7 miles)
Kamilorachi (Kokkinos Vrachos hill), Noria mines, Noria, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 42' 40" N	24° 2' 23" E	4.8km (3.0 miles)

Slags on the beach

Harakas Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Agios Nikolaos cove

Agios Nikolaos Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Legrena cove

Legrena Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Slags on the beach

Harakas Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Agios Nikolaos cove

Agios Nikolaos Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Legrena cove

Legrena Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Slags on the beach

Harakas Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Agios Nikolaos cove

Agios Nikolaos Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Minerals recorded nearby (within 4.8 km)

ⓘ Abellaite

ⓘ Acanthite

ⓘ Adamite

ⓘ var: Copper-bearing Adamite

ⓘ var: Lead-bearing Aragonite

ⓘ var: Bromian Chlorargyrite

ⓘ Fiedlerite (TL)

ⓘ Fluorapatite

ⓘ var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

ⓘ 'Freibergite Subgroup'

ⓘ Georgiadesite (TL)

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ Kapellasite (TL)

ⓘ var: Titanium-bearing Magnetite

ⓘ Malachite

ⓘ Mammothite (TL)

ⓘ Paralaurionite (TL)

ⓘ Penfieldite (TL)

ⓘ 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

ⓘ Thomsenolite

ⓘ Thorikosite (TL)

ⓘ 'UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Na-Ca-Ni Vanadate Garnet)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Na-Fe Vanadate Garnet)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Na-Pb Carbonate-Hydroxide II)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Na-V Oxide)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Ni-Mg-analogue of Lyonsite)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Ni Vanadate)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Orthorhombic dimorph of Barstowite)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Pb Arsenite Chloride)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Pb-Cu Arsenite-Chloride)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Pb-Cu Chloride-Hydroxide)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Pb Diarsenite-Chloride-Hydrate)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Pb-Fe-As-Cl-O-H)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Pb Hydrogen Arsenite Chloride)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Pb Oxide Chloride)'

ⓘ 'Whitlockite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 4.8 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Aegean Sea Plate	Tectonic Plate
Greece	Country
Attica, Greece	Administrative Region
East Attica, Attica, Greece	Regional Unit
Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Municipality
Lavreotiki Municipal Unit, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Municipal Unit
Lavrion Mines and Slag Localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Mining Region
Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	Mining District

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Greece, Attica, Attica	89.3.4.0.0.0
Greece, Attica, Attica, Lavreotiki	89.3.4.77.0.0

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